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he Batt alion Vol. 74 No. 131 24 Pages in 2 Sections Serving the Texas A&M University c< immunity Thursday, April 9, 1981 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Today Tomorrow High 85 High 86 Low 67 Low 66 Chance of rain. 40% Chance of rain. . . . . . . 20% GI s General/Bradley, dead at 88 R SC, IR I FI CATES XXXXXXXJ United Press International EW YORK — Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley, the last of erica’s five-star generals and a World War II hero so loved his troops they called him the “GI’s General,” died ednesday night of cardiac arrest. He was 88. Bradley, in town for an Army dinner, collapsed at the 21 jub while dining with his wife and three aides, who rushed n by private car to St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital. Twenty nutes later, doctors pronounced him dead of cardiac arrest. An Army spokesman said burial for the general, who was tired but still officially on active duty, will be at Arlington itional Cemetery, with details to be announced. In Washington, Army Secretary John Marsh Jr. mourned adley’s death as “a loss not only for this nation but for all edom-loving people of the world.” "He takes his place in history as a great patriot, a peerless litary leader and an individual dedicated to the cause of iace in the world,” Marsh said. RY f The shy, homely Bradley — bom to a poor Missou ri family — became the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S >taff and was among a select few to serve the nation as a f ive-star general. Considered a brilliant military strategist, he led tl »e 12th U.S. Army Group in Europe during World War II, which numbered more than 1.3 million combat troops < )>f four armies. The men of his command swept across Fran< ;e and into Germany and played a vital role in ending Adolf H itler’s Reich. Bradley found more pride, however, in being the epi iitome of the infantryman, the foot soldier. His troops called him the “GI’s General” and he drt ^ssed the part, wearing an old stained trench coat, his G.I. trot i sers stuffed into paratroop boots and his field cap. “They consider me one of them,” he told UPI in 1969— the year former President Dwight D. Eisenhower died, mak ing Bradley the nation’s last surviving five-star general. The only other generals of that rank in U.S. history were Henry Harley Arnold, Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall and before that — George Washington. John Pershing was named General of the Armies in 1919, but turned down the fifth star. During World War II, Bradley was given command of the United States II Corps in North Africa by Eisenhower— his classmate at West Point. It was the II Corps that smashed through units of the Afrika Korps in Northern Tunisia and, with the British, ended the war in Africa in 1943. Later that year, Bradley invaded Sicily with his II Corps. With Eisenhower as supreme allied commander, Bradley was named field commander for the American forces that stormed ashore at Normandy and opened the western front on D-Day, June 6, 1944. While American troops waded ashore at Utah and Omaha beaches, the general was aboard the cruiser Augusta, which went to within 4,000 yards of the shore to help in the bom bardment of German fortifications. It was Bradley’s troops that linked up with Soviet troops on the banks of the Elbe River on April 25, 1945, a dramatic meeting that symbolized the eclipse of German arms. From 1945 to 1947, Bradley also served as administrator of the Veterans Administration, but he relinquished the post to become Army chief of staff. In 1951, he became the first chairman of the Joirlt Chiefs. Two years later, he retired from active service and became chairman of the board of Bulova. He spent time in his later years between Bulova’s New York headquarters and Los Angeles, where he built a home on the crest of a high hill behind Sunset Boulevard. Though he suffered a stroke on March 17, 1975, doctors said there was no permanent impairment of his faculties. Despite being in a wheelchair, he participated in President Reagan’s inauguration Jan. 20. Johnson wins runoff as student president ;N 7 a.m, lon.-Sat. By DENISE RICHTER Battalion StafT Ken Johnson will be the 1981-82 f xas A&M student body president. Johnson received 1,432 votes (67 iercent) in Wednesday’s run-off elec- |on to Mark Schneider’s 709 (33 per- I A total of 2,196 ballots were cast in tlienin-offelection. The Class of’84 had lie largest voter turnout with 948 votes 14 percent). An additional 11 votes ere not counted because of computer icompatibility. Graduate Student Council represen- itives for the colleges of agriculture, lucation and engineering were not inounced because of the questionable ligibility of some of the candidates for ese positions, Leah Whitby, Student -ovenunent election commissioner, lid. The winners will be announced ben their eligibility has been deter mined, she said. Johnson, a junior agriculture econo mics major presently serving as Speaker of the Senate, said his first priority as president will be the filling of executive See complete runoff results on page 4. and internal positions and the appoint ment of students to University commit tees under the jurisdiction of the Stu dent Government. “The best way to do my job is to have effective representation through the constituency,” Johnson said. “Some changes have been made ... over the past three administrations and signifi cant strides have been made. We are going to continue to make changes that will enhance interactions between sena tors and their constituencies. “There are going to be a lot of changes in the Texas A&M administration in the next few years and we must have effec tive student input (during this time). If we don’t have it, we’re going to lose whatever voice we now have and the loss of that voice would be critical.” Preliminary results indicate the fol lowing winners: Student body president Johnson. Ken Vice president for external affairs — Blaine Edwards. Class of’84 president — John Dungan; vice president — Joseph A. San doval. Class of ’82 historian — Bryan Bartels. Agriculture at-large senator — Curtis Stewart. Graduate off-campus senators — Tim Sager, George Stork and Dan Wat kins. ieagan to be released soon United Press International WASHINGTON — President ij',an may return to the White House ew days, but doctors say it will be Net al months before he can again relax his California ranch by riding horses chopping wood. ■ Reagan, shot by a would-be assassin ■ days ago, may be discharged from corgi3 Washington University Medic- Center between Friday and Monday, issuming everything goes smoothly — everything is going smoothly,” said •r. Dennis O’Leary, a hospital wkesman. “He’s not going to be out chopping ood next week,” O’Leary said /ednesday. “It will take four to six ninths before he is chipper. But he can W the country. He’s doing that now. ” Reagan’s temperature, which imbed as high as 102 degrees last 'eekend, was near normal for the third aight day Wednesday, the White [ouse said. In addition, the dried blood and dead tissue in his bullet-pierced left lung have cleared up significantly. The president’s progress initially was termed “remarkable.” It since has slowed, but doctors remained optimis tic he could leave the hospital this weekend. “Just going home will be therapeutic ... being in his own bed, with his own family, his own food,” said O’Leary. “There will be no limitation on his ability to conduct business,” he said. “Decision-making is not an agonizing or stressful process” for the president. “He is cool and calm.” The president has had daily briefings the past several days on domestic and world affairs. His visitors Wednesday included former Texas Gov. John Con- nally, Vice President George Bush and Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker. Baker told reporters Reagan “really looked good” and talked about getting United Press International CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With astronauts eager to fly and the ather looking good, the countdown icked along flawlessly today toward rictay morning’s inaugural launch of e lipace shuttle Columbia. Flight commander John W. Young id space rookie Robert L. Crippen aimed to get in their last landing re- sarsal today at the spaceport’s new 3- lile shuttle runway, using a jet rigged fly like the 107-ton space plane. The astronauts, staying in quarters itially built for departing moon ex- lorers, now are following the early-to- mgh ountdown clicking or Columbia launch bed, early-to-rise timetable of their 54V2-hour orbital test flight. They plan ned to go to sleep around sunset tonight and eat breakfast at 1:30 a.m. CST Friday. The Columbia, flagship of America’s revolutionary fleet of new space trans ports, is scheduled to blast off at 5:50 a.m. CST on the awesome power of three high-pressure hydrogen engines and the two largest solid-fueled booster rockets ever to fly. The whole assembly will weigh 2,227 tons at liftoff, but its combined rocket power will generate 3,212 tons of push. out of the hospital “every other sent ence.” Doctors are expected to rule out any major air travel for Reagan for several weeks. Although the White House has not made it official, Reagan’s planned trip to California later this month for his daughter’s wedding, a GOP fund-raiser and talks with Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo have been all but ruled out. The three other men shot in last week's assassination attempt have all made substantial improvement. White House press secretary James Brady, the most seriously injured with a head wound that required removal of a section of his brain, is making “satisfac tory progress,” O’Leary said. In the first 10 days, he added, the 40-year-old press secretary “has been beating the pace,” but now is entering a “slower phase.” Policeman Thomas Delahanty, shot in the base of the neck, remains in good condition at Washington Medical Center. Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, shot in the chest, was dis charged from the hospital Tuesday and is recuperating at home. Reagan issued a proclamation Wednesday designating Easter Week as “Victims Rights Week.” In the procla mation, Reagan said, “only victims truly know the trauma crime can produce. They have lived it and will not soon forget it. ” Results should be ready in summer Evaluation method studied Application available for new Battalion staffs Applications are now bein g accepted ir summer and fall staff positions on he Battalion. They may be picked up> from the seretaries in 216 Reed McDonald or o.m Angel Copeland in The Battalion ev/sroom and must be turned in by 5 m. Monday. Positions available for the summer iclude: city editor, sports c ;ditor, photo r, news editor, front-, page editor, wming paste-up editor ar id reporter. Positions available for the fall in clude: managing editor, city editor, assistant city editor, night news editor, photo editor, sports editor. Focus edi tor, assistant Focus editor, front page/ morning news editor (paste-up), news editor (layout), full-time reporter, part- time reporter, sports reporter, Focus reporter, typist. Copeland’s appointment as Battalion editor for the summer and fall is contin gent upon approval by Dr. J.M. Pre scott, vice president for academic affairs. By MELANI BAYLESS Battalion Reporter Final recommendations on how to conduct ongoing faculty-wide evaluations of teaching effectiveness at Texas A&M University are being worked ouit now, said Dr. Dean C. Corrigan, dean of the College of Educa tion. Corrigan, chairman of the ad hoc committee on teaching effectiveness established last fall by' Dr. J.M. Prescott, vice president for academic affairs, said the committee’s final recommendations will be completed by the end of May or the first of June. “If you ask a person to teach, there ought to be an evaluation system for teaching. The same holds true for service and research,” he said. He said the committee’s charge is to evaluate teaching at Texas A&M and to recommend a mechan ism, including procedures, policies and instruments for conducting teaching effectiveness evaluations. “We (the committee) are trying to recommend a common instrument for evaluating teaching effective ness which can be supplemented by each depart ment’s own specific evaluation instrument. We want to assist the departments so the evaluation process will be systematic and easy to do,” he said. Corrigan said the current teaching evaluation sys tem at Texas A&M varies from college to college and from department to department. “In some colleges all the faculty is involved in the faculty evaluation process but in others only an appointed group is involved,” he said. Corrigan said purposes for the teaching evaluation system being recommended by the committee in clude: personnel evaluations, identification of instruc tional problems and guiding student choice of courses. Corrigan said the committee will also present re commendations for a support system for instructional improvement. “We’re putting together ideas for an instructional support center where instructors could go to get help with teaching problems,” he said. “Such a center could help new instructors with things like writing a course syllabus or preparing a final exam.” Corrigan said: “The committee will present its own recommendations but they will be based on informa tion gathered from outside sources.” He said since the committee first met in October 1980, it has compiled a “healthy” resource library of articles on teaching effectiveness. Additionally, he said some of the committee mem bers had attended conferences on teaching effective ness and had added the information they received there to the library. “The opinions of University department heads and deans concerning teaching effectiveness have also been surveyed,” Corrigan said. He said different types of faculty evaluations are being considered — student evaluations, peer evalua tions and student follow-up evaluations. He said revised student-instructor evaluations could be used for faculty feedback and faculty reward decisions but he said they weren’t adequate to help students with course selections. Corrigan said students could help departments with the course descriptions if such a plan were recom mended.